Adjustable shoe-display rack.



G. W. GASTEEL. I ADJUSTABLE SHOE DISPLAY BACK.

APPLIOATION FILED 12130.16, 1907.

908,392. Patented Dec.29,1908.

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GEORGE W. GASTEEL, OF WAGONER, OKLAHOMA.

ADJUSTABLE SHOE-DISPLAY RACK.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CASTEEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Wagoner, in the county of Wagoner, State of Oklahoma, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Shoe-Display Racks,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display racks, especially adapted fordisplaying shoes, the object being to provide a rack which iseXceedingly simple and cheap in construction, and one which can besuspended from any suitable support.

Another object of my invention is to provide a rack which is formed of aplurality of links detachably connected together, each link beingprovided with a shoe-supporting member, so any number of these links canbe assembled, whereby a rack of any desired size can be formed to suitthe place where it is to be used.

Another object of my invention is to provide the link with a step forsupporting the shoe which may be raised or lowered, making it possibleto show a shoe in any desirable position.

With these various objects in view, the invention consists in the novelfeatures of con struction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification :-F igure 1 is aperspective View of a series of links connected together forming myimproved shoe rack. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a frontview, of a portion of the rack.

In the drawing A indicates my improved rack which is formed of a seriesof links B, the description of one being suilicient for all. The. linkscomprise a pair of side-bars B which are bent to form loops B theninwardly toward each other as shown at B and then bent to form atriangular shaped member B which forms a step for the shoe Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1907.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Serial No. 406,753.

when placed on the same, the heel being placed over the member 13*, andit will be seen that the step can be bent up or down, so as to hold theshoe in any osition desired. The ends of the side-bars being bent toform hooks adapted to fit over the loops B of the adjacent link, so asto form a rack with as many links as desired, and it will be seen thatthe loops B will equalize the weight of the shoe placed on the ste 3,whereby the rack will be held in a vertica position at all times.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided avery novel rack formed of a plurality of sections detachably connectedtogether, each section being pro vided with a supporting member whichmay be of any shape desired for supporting the shoe.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. A display rack comprising a pluralityof duplicate links detachably connected together, each of said linksbeing provided with a substantially triangular ste for supporting ashoe, for the purpose set orth.

2. A display rack comprising a plurality of links detachably connectedtogether, each link comprising a pair of side bars, bent to form loops,then inwardly into engagement with each other, and then into asupporting member, the ends of said side-bars being bent to form hooks.

3. A display rack comprising a series of links detachably connectedtogether, each link comprising a pair of parallel side-bars,-

bent rearwardly to form loops, and then inwardly towards each other andthen forwardly to form a step for supporting a shoe, the ends of saidside bars being bent to form hooks.

GEO. W. CASTEEL. Witnesses:

W. O. RrrTnNnoUsE, RENA HARRY.

